Candy-cooling pan.



5.(1. DREW. l

CANDY COOLING PAN. AvPuc/xrsow man SEM'. 8. wm.

Witnesses l nveln'lL-m" STATES PAGEN ,eofmeo..

Be ii known that L JAMES C. BREW, a citizen of the Vnii'ed 'iutes, residing a New @flemme7 in the parish of Ui'leans and Stfe oi Louisiana, hii'e invented :i iieiv and useful @MMIV-Cooling Pari, of which the QL lowing ie :fi speiiicotiim.

This invention .relates to :i pim foi uae in (fooling cumuli'.

Heieoifm'e it has been. `the practice to pour the Eloi modif oiio :i sinh of iiiaiibe 'f0.1' the pui-pose of' oooliiiig it, but this has been found io he objeoioiizibe beemise it has resolis-l in the too rapid cooling of the Candy and the vonsequen; crumbling of the ma; bei'iui Mien wild. To offset his objectionable feature, glucose oi Home otliei' equiv'zv iei'i eiibezuice has been Combined ith the candy so :is to ac as n Under and While this has pi'ei'eiiteil crumbling, it hais been found "Lo objeoioiiabie ieoaiiise it leaves ie eandj/ in o.. sticky condition so ifo ai'V it cannot be hziicied witlion eoiing he mgeis.

@ne of hm objeci'as of the present iiiveition is to provide a candy cooling" means which 'wiii ietzii'd the cooling; operation am? oilow die iiinterizil to thoroughly set Whie cooling so that the iii imzie product will be Limi and compact, and wii not oi'm'uiile even @though made of the piiie sugar without glucose oi' ofi'iei binding means.

A further object is to provide :i eooiogf pan. the Walls of 'which nre soifzioie io pooomfenieo: cutting; of 'ie candy into see tions,

ioi'hei' object is i950l provide im i i ing; '5mm me spirit of he inveilion.

il? (,'eoinpanyliig drawings the pie f*- s of i-he iiienaion has been shown.

Figofe l ie a 'mi section through coding; pim nog the peeeo; impmveoieiiitsT .the heat retaining means ineio ,shown ilo' motive pofiiioo; 2 is i sim View iiuioiigh Speoioasion. of Letters atent.

.(7 moon wie? :mi poizioii oerch sie ezine for remi-ding ie Qooing' of I thereof throughout and moisture.'

pan being' elio he poeil'ions omelipied 'iieieby wi le Fig 3 Secion i 4 is zi secbuii oo iiic :a peispeciive View o` pmi.,

Refi-wing ilo the i'efeifenee l desii pam. the same bevo; sheet fiiei andthe aired marmol'. For ne iiioiuifefii on fi fabi'. top The bottom i can be of :my foions desired on@ iii, practice it has be i iocie aboii; seven lfeet long and five feet wide. Hinged@ connected to eaich side of lm iiotoiii. isa side 'wzil foi-:ned of my sui'able"material suoli as Wood, metal oi1 Eiie like., uid hingediy conn iected to the ends oi tiie bottom 'l are emi 'walls 4 and 5. The weils 3, 4 and 5 ndaeffl. to be fastened together in :my {3esiref' lmannen when in opstanding positions. one form of fostering ivenxis consisting of o v notelied 'iiigei' S e j from each en@ of each ein? will 4. aofi fied Hotel* i latch e: 'ridi P) and iiiziinyiii the Heizel-ie? Singer (3 iheien thus to :i means for holding the Wais in proper ioii to each other, voviouo :my oiei fastening means may 4be empioyec oi" i purpose of iioidiiioj be Wals in o cive posai'ioiis.

Formed along' die inner faces of welis- 3 ribs coisituing om" foi' ai moving s To, noi; el'iowii7 w. i adapted to piziee ai fbs ends on these zti'tei' the candy has been poured onto the bottoni l, thus to smooth the ltop surface of the @endif and insure a uniform thickness. 'ie eiigtb and. bi'eadth of im pan.

Formed in the side Weils 3 and above 'the ribs 8 are opeoiogs: S iieh are preferably ti'iangular and througii which ziiiis fee to circulate ovezthe Surface of fue candy' ,contained iii the pim.

Extending nuwor 1.1L are o-admis. l@ iii. shade roller l. ayvcovei 12 of o. f2, treated as to i vamd g neat im'malhf throughout the Width and length of the pan, thus to completely cover the contents of the pan and allow :or circulation of air solely through the openings 9.

y In using the apparatus herein described the hot candy is poured onto the 'bottom 1 after the walls 3, 4 and 5 have been set up and Vthe candy isl then smoothed by means of a straight edge drawn along the ribs 8 so that it will be of uniform thickness throughout. While the candy is still hot the cover 12 is unrolled and drawn over the pan and fastened to the Walls 3. It has been found that by utilizing a cover such as shown and described, a large percentage of the heat is retained for a considerable period, inasmuch as air can circulate-solely through the openings l). By thus retarding the escape of heat and correspondingly retarding the cooling operation, it has been :found inlpractice that `the candy will cool very slowly (approximately minutes' being required) and as a result of this slow process, the yresultant cooled product will be bound firmly together Without tending to crumble when handled and Without being sticky. Upon the completion of the cooling operation, the cover 12 is rewound upon its roller 1l and the Walls are disconnected from eachother so as to swing downwardly below the\bottom 1 shown in Fig. 2. The end Wall l; can'then be swung under the end of the bottom and secured by means of a hook 14 and staple 15 or in any other desired manner, thus to protect the cover, The candy can be cut up read- ,ily into blocks, and the Walls, by being suspended below the bottom, will not hamper the cutting operation.

It has been found that the cooling pan herein described is especially useful in `the manufacture ol peanut candy and the like such formed in oblong` blocks.

l. Apparatus for cooling' candy,y oomoris ing a bottom, walls opstanding there rom and having' openings above the surface of the candy on the bottom5 and a tlexil'ileoovcr movable into position over the walls and the contents of the a|)})aratus, said ol'ioniugs constituting the sole u'loans lor the escape ot heated air, when tho cover is` inposition.

2. Miparatus ii'or cooling candy, inelud- .iug a pan unido up oi a bottom and aperturorl walls. ihr apertures being' located `above the surface of the contents oi the pan, and a curtain connected to one ot' the Walls and shiftable to position over the pan and its contents to retardltho escape of heatfrom the pan.

3. Apparatus for coolingl candy, includ ing a pan made up of a bottom a ud hinged Walls, means for iecuring the walls together when in upstaniling positions, each oi' said Walls having apertures therein above the level of the contents ot the pan, and iiexi blemeans movableto position over the pan for retarding the escape of heat therefrom.

4. Apparatus for cooling candy, including a pan made up of a bottom and hinged Walls, said Walls having openings therein adjacent the tops thereof, means for connecting the Walls together when in upstanding positions, all of said. walls being,r movable to position below the bottom of the pan, a flexible curtain connected to one of the Walls and movable to position over the pan and its contents, said curtainkconstituting means for retarding the escape ot heat from the pan.'

5. Apparatus for cooling candy, including a pan made up of a` bottom and hinged walls, said Walls `having openings therein adjacent the tops thereof, means for connecting the walls together when in upstand ing positions, all of said Walls being movable to position below the bottoni` of the pan, a flexible curtain connected to one of the walls and movable to position over the pan and its contents, said curtain constituting means for retarding the escape of heat from the pan, and guide ledges upon the inner surfaces of opposed walls and below `the openings. A

6. Apparatus. for cooling candy, including a pan made up of a bottom and hinged Walls, said Walls having openings therein adjacent the tops' tl'iereof, means for connecting the walls together when in upstanding positions, all .ot' said ivalls being movable to position below the bottoni of the pan, a flexible curtain connected to one of the Walls and movable to position over the pan and its contents, said curtain constituting means for retarding Vthe escape of heat from the pan, and i'neansv for securing the curtain and the wall to which it is connected, in position under one cnd of the bottom ot the pan.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed myl signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. DREW.

sl'Vitnesses A irrlrun; WILsoN,

, JonN ALBERT. 

